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José Manuel Barroso

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José Manuel Barroso, a former president of the European Commission and prime minister of Portugal, is Chair of the Board of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

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  1. A Shining Example of Successful Multilateralism
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    A Shining Example of Successful Multilateralism

    Jun 19, 2024 Emmanuel Macron, et al. tout the transformative achievements of a global partnership that has helped halve child mortality.

  2. Pandemic Preparedness Cannot Wait
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    Pandemic Preparedness Cannot Wait

    Oct 11, 2023 José Manuel Barroso proposes practical steps to prepare for the next infectious outbreak while waiting on multilateral solutions.

  3. What We Must Learn from COVID-19
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    What We Must Learn from COVID-19

    Aug 8, 2023 José Manuel Barroso outlines steps that countries can take to improve their ability to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks.

  4. Preparing for the Next Global Catastrophe
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    Preparing for the Next Global Catastrophe

    Sep 23, 2022 José Manuel Barroso explains why global leaders must focus on creating equitable response mechanisms ahead of the next crisis.

  5. Avoiding COVID Complacency
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    Avoiding COVID Complacency

    Apr 7, 2022 José Manuel Barroso calls for a renewed commitment to vaccinate everyone before dangerous new variants can emerge.

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    A House Gutted by Fire

    Terry Lynn Karl blames the inferno now consuming Los Angeles County squarely on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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    False Economies

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    For decades, an efficiency-centered “economic style” has dominated public policy, overriding the concerns for fairness that animated the New Deal and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society. Now, Americans must brace for economic governance that delivers neither efficiency nor fairness, only chaos.

     highlights the high cost of the single-minded focus on efficiency that has come to dominate the discipline.
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    Can US Institutions Withstand Trump 2.0?

    While some observers doubt that US President-elect Donald Trump poses a grave threat to US democracy, others are bracing themselves for the destruction of the country’s constitutional order. With Trump’s inauguration just around the corner, we asked PS commentators how vulnerable US institutions really are.

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    The Climate Policy Pendulum

    Gernot Wagner notes that green technologies retain their many advantages, regardless of national political developments.
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    Could High-Skill Immigration Increase Under Trump?

    Michael R. Strain argues that the recent kerfuffle over foreign workers underscores the president-elect’s pragmatic instincts.
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    What Happened to International Law?

    Eric Posner sees the web of treaties, conventions, and institutions as another victim of the anti-globalization backlash.
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    Europe’s Year of Fundamental Choices

    Ana Palacio considers the complex array of internal and external challenges the European Union must confront in 2025.
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    Texas’s Online Age-Verification Law Must Be Overturned

    Lilian Coral & Prem Trivedi urge the US Supreme Court to protect internet users from legislation posing new privacy and security risks.
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    Revealing an Invisible Health Threat

    Angela Bandemehr & Albert Park tout deployment of hand-held X-ray devices to prevent lead poisoning in low- and middle-income countries.

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